The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

In Auschwitz, twenty-five Jewish slaves used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust. The Upper Tailoring Studio, run by the commandant's wife, Hedwig Höss, and a prisoner, Marta Fuchs, was created to design, cut, and sew popular fashions for the Nazi elite. But it was also the means of saving Jewish women from the gas chambers. Guest: Lucy Adlington, author of "The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive"

These female radio interceptors were so skilled that they could tell what type of radio was sending a coded message. And they helped the Allies sink the Bismark, though they don't often get credit for it. Guest: Peter Hore, author of "Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II"